Hair styling equipment



Feb. 24, 1959 HIM; LOWE- 2,874,704

HAIR STYLING EQUIPMENT Filed Sept. 9, 1957 F i IYNVENTOR HELEN M. LOWE ATTORNEY Un t W8 P t? 2,874,704 STYLINGEQUIPMENT Helen M. Lowe'gvaneouve'r, BritiSIi'LCoInmbia, Canada Application September 9,1957, Serial'No. 682,803

8 Claims. (Cl. 132--34) My invention relates to improvements in hair styling equipment.

The objects of the invention are to provide means whereby a hair stylist may produce a succession of waves about a persons head where all the waves produced will be parallel to each other, all starting at a given line and each being a perfect counterpart of the others, and to provide means for making waves where the convolutions of the hair can be shorter to the sides of the head than towards the back of the head to conform to any desired style.

A further object is to provide one or more guides capable of being supported to run up and down on any part of a clients head whereby the rod upon which the hair is to be wound will move longitudinally of itself and horizontally of the head, so that all curls made with the device will be identical, if desired.

Other objects will be disclosed as the specification proceeds.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is an elevation showing a part of the invention placed upon a clients head.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the head band and the guide.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the rod or bobbin carrying support.

Figures 4 and 5 are part sectional views of rods or bobbins for use with the invention.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The numeral 1 indicates generally a guide which is preferably made of a loop 2 of flexible strip material and is curved to conform generally to the side of a ladys head. The guide has an inner side 3 which is adapted to contact the head and an outer side 4 which ,is provided with a reversely curved slot 6 extending substantially throughout its length and which terminates at one end in an eye 7, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear. The end extremities of the guide are fitted with sleeves 8 of approximately the same outer diameter as the spacing between the inner side 3 of the guide and the outer side 4. A clamp member 10, which is preferably made of light plastic tubing and which is curved to grip the head, is extended through one of the sleeves 8 to hold the guide 1 in adjusted position on the head during the curl or wave rolling period. The slot 6 of the guide may be of any desired form and would be designed to give undulations or other characteristics to the waves to be made by the equipment.

The numeral 14, see Figure 3, indicates a slide having a downwardly extending stud 15 with upper and lower flanges 17 and 18, respectively. The upper flange 17 carries a horizontal sleeve 20 in which a support shaft 22 is freely rotatable. The shaft 22 is fitted with stop collars 24 in slightly spaced relation to the ends of the horizontal sleeve 20 to afiord a modicum of end play to said shaft. The shaft 22 is somewhat longer than the 2,874,704 Patented Feb. 24, 1959 width of the guide 1 and is-provided at one end with a tapered mandrel '26.

Figures 4 and 5 show suitable rods or bobbins 27 and 28 respectively on which hair is adapted to be Wound, each of these bobbins is recessed at one end as at 29 to form a taper corresponding to that of the mandrel, so-that any bobbin having such an end recess may be pressed lightly onto the mandrel of a shaft 22 and frictionally held againstrelative rotation.

In use, the guide 1 is placed upon the clients head in a position to one side of the portion of the hair which is to be waved. The guide is held in position by the clamp member 10 which is placed in a suitable position above where the topmost wave will be made, as indicated in Figure l. The slide 14 is connected to the guide 1 by inserting the stud 15 through the opening 7 or by springing its lower flange 18 through the slot 6 and when so placed, a bobbin of any desired shape is afiixed to the tapered mandrel 26, a lock of hair is caught around the bobbin and said bobbin and shaft 22 are rotated to turn the hair inwardly and upwardly with respect to the head. With both bobbin and its parts moving upwardly the stud 15 will also move upwardly and if the bobbin and shaft are held against rotation in a plane substantially parallel to the adjacent head surface said stud will also move from side to side, being guided by the separate curves of the slot 6 and consequently the hair will be wound onto the bobbin in both right and left hand spirals, or substantially in the form of a series of figure eights. As each bobbin is fully wound an elastic band of any suitable type is connected from one end to the other of the bobbin to keep the curl from'unwinding. The procedure may be varied in many ways if desired, by swinging the bobbin to different positions of angularity with respect to the slot as shown in dotted lines as X and Y in Figure 2. As each curl is fully wound and fastened the bobbin is removed from the tapered mandrel 26 ready for a new one to be fitted and a new curl to be wound.

It will be noticed, especially in Figure 1, that it is immaterial whether the hair is short or long, all waves made by the use of a particular guide and guide setting will be in complete register with each other.

Obviously any kind of wave setting solution may be used on the hair curled upon the bobbins.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. Hair styling equipment comprising a guide adapted to be supported in contact with a head, said guide having a reversely curved slot extending lengthwise of said guide, a slide engaging the slot, a shaft journalled freely in said slide, said shaft having slight end play in said slide, and means at one end of the shaft to engage a hair curl bobbin in alignment with said shaft.

2. Hair styling equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide is formed as an endless band of flexible material curved to conform substantially to the curvature of the head.

3. Hair styling equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein a sleeve is formed at one end of the guide and a curved head clamp member extends freely through said sleeve to facilitate movement of the guide lengthwise of.

the head clamp member and at right angles thereto.

4. Hair styling equipment as claimed in claim 2, said endless band having an inner side adapted to contact the head and an outer side in which the reversely curved slot is formed.

5. Hair styling equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slide has a stud adapted to project into said slot and move lengthwise thereof.

6. Hair styling equipment comprising a guide adapted to lie in contact with the head of a person, said guide having a slot, a bobbin carrying slide adapted to engage the guide and move lengthwise thereof, said slide having a stud adapted to project through the slot, said stud supporting a bearing sleeve, a shaft freely rotatable in the sleeve and having slight end play therein, said shaft having one end provided with means for non-rotatably engaging a hair curl bobbin. a

7. Hair styling equipment as claimed in claim 6, said bobbin engaging means being a tapered mandrel.

8. Hair styling equipment comprising a guide adapted to be supported in contact with a head, said guide having a reversely curved slot extending lengthwise of said guide, a shaft operatively connected to the walls of. the slot of said guide, means for non-rotatively connecting a hair curling bobbin in alignment with the shaft, said shaft being adapted to reciprocate at right angles to the guide as hair is rolled upon the bobbin whereby to form convolutions substantially similar to a figure eight upon said bobbin.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,443,544 Saucier June 15, 1948 

